data protection

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New solid state drive data protection available

January 19, 2010 3:18pm PST

Rick Vanover shows how a new storage product from ioSafe can protect small or medium business data, as well as home users.

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System Center Essentials and Data Protection Manager 2010 RTM available

June 18, 2010 5:46am PDT

Here's what Windows Server administrators need to know about two new products in the System Center 2010 portfolio: System Center Essentials and Data Protection Manager.

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Installing Data Protection Manager 2007 as a VM in a lab environment

April 7, 2009 1:16pm PDT

Brad Bird describes how to install DPM 2007 as a virtual machine in a lab environment. Here are the gotchas to look out for and an explanation of the benefits you can realize.

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Data Protection Manager 2012: New features and enhancements

September 30, 2011 10:46pm PDT

Scott Lowe highlights what's new in Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2012, which is now available in beta.

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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Data protection - Who's sticking to the letter of the law?

January 20, 2012 7:52am PST

Apparently, not central government...

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Data protection: Nine things you should know about the new EU draft law

January 16, 2012 6:22am PST

Legal Eye: Proposed law contains wide-ranging changes...

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Data owners aren't always the final word in data protection

June 14, 2007 4:55am PDT

Data owners are responsible for determining who accesses sensitive information as well as the level of access (e.g., read, write, etc.), but at what point should data owner approval be checked by...

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System Center 2012 SP1: Managing the managers

January 8, 2013 9:00am PST

John Joyner gives an overview of the new integration features that are part of the System Center 2012 suite of management packs.

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Small office and home data protection options with ioSafe

September 12, 2009 9:27pm PDT

Home offices as well as the small business can still protect data in a robust fashion. In this TechRepublic blog, IT pro Rick Vanover showcases ioSafe storage solutions.

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Data protection may be best entry for cloud storage

October 25, 2009 1:01am PDT

A technology with increased ease of entry may be the best way for mainstream IT to embrace a cloud solution. IT pro Rick Vanover picks selective-tier storage as the most likely area to put forward...

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Do the LTO-5 tape drives change your take on data protection?

March 29, 2010 11:42am PDT

Now that the LTO-5 tape format is available, will that change how your organization views its data protection strategy?

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Data Protection Manager 2010 migration successes and challenges

January 7, 2011 11:58pm PST

Westminster College has made significant progress in migrating its backup operations from Backup Exec to Data Protection Manager 2010. Scott Lowe discusses some of the successes and the challenges...

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Pros and cons of replication and tape for data protection

May 28, 2010 8:16am PDT

IT pro Rick Vanover considers the decision of data protection exclusively via replication or by relying on the venerable tape device for small and medium businesses.

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Install the Data Protection Manager Central Console to manage backups

August 14, 2012 10:53am PDT

John Joyner explains how to install and use the DPM 2012 Central Console as part of the SCOM 2012 Console. The features you can enable allow you to manage backup operations for your organization.

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Data Protection Manager 2010 QFE Rollup Package 2 installation tips

March 24, 2011 1:09pm PDT

Microsoft has released the QFE Rollup Package 2 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010. Scott Lowe discusses what the release fixes and shares tips on installing the QFE Rollup Package 2.

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Explore Windows Vista's data protection features

February 1, 2007 11:48am PST

Microsoft has given Windows Vista technologies to help protect your data.

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Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998

August 28, 2007 3:29am PDT

Update: It's only just begun...

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Use deduplication to optimize data protection for Dell|EMC CX4 storage systems

March 22, 2010 7:29am PDT

In an upcoming TechRepublic Webcast, Dell and EMC experts will review best practices for protecting data. Get the details about the event.

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Microsoft System Center 2012 pre-release bundle: Eight new management products

November 8, 2011 2:15pm PST

John Joyner offers an overview of the eight new management products you can download and evaluate from Microsoft's pre-release bundle of System Center 2012.

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Making the move to Data Protection Manager 2010

September 27, 2010 9:43am PDT

Westminster College's backup infrastructure is in need of an overhaul. Scott Lowe explains why its IT department is planning to move backup to Data Protection Manager 2010 and what that entails.

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